Carruthers
Dumfries Shire

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
described Carruthers like this:

Carruthers, an ancient parish on the eastern border of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, consolidated in 1609 with Middlebie and Penersax, and now forming the eastern section of the present Middlebie. From the Earls of Bothwell its lands passed to the Crown by the forfeiture of Earl James, in 1567; and, given by James VI. with the earldom of Bothwell to his cousin Francis Stewart, by him they were forfeited in 1592. Subsequently they went, with other lands in their vicinity, to the Douglases of Drumlanrig.

Carruthers is now part of
Dumfries and Galloway
district.
Click here for graphs and data of how
Dumfries and Galloway has changed over two centuries.
For statistics about Carruthers itself,
go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Carruthers, in Dumfries and Galloway and Dumfries Shire | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.